Expected January - February 2012.
Spanish cypress - in three pieces.
The neck is of central American cedar with ebony fingerboard.
European spruce with a tornovoz in the soundhole. The bridge is unlike the typical modern bridge and does not have a saddle - see photo.
Rodgers with horn buttons. The Torres original will probably have had a peg-head and much later converted to machine tuners.
65 cm
51.5 mm
New, all shellac french-polished.
The original guitar 1856 "La Leona“ was built by the great spanish master Antonio de Torres and was restored a few years ago in Germany. Stefano Grondona and Wulfin Lieske have made recordings with “La Leona” which belongs to a German collector and is often played in public recitals by Wulfin Lieske. The original and copies alike, are very light with a body resonance right down at D. The whole character of the guitar is very deep yet the treble has good, penetrating strength. It is a totally different and thrilling experience to play this style of instrument. Gerhard Oldiges has made seven or eight such guitars last one in 2009 was a super guitar. These require great care in the making and are a very limited edition hence a rare opportunity.
Gerhard Oldiges - Click here to find out more about this maker
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"I would love to go through the process of buying a good guitar from Miles at KGCL because he really knows his stuff. But actually, I make them and so enjoy seeing my guitars amongst such a very fine selection of extremely good instruments. I feel very honoured that they are presented at Kent Guitar Classics."
Gerhard Oldiges | Maker of fine classical guitars in the Hauser style.